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American Friends Service Committee — Part 30
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Protestants it wes too late for me to do anything about it; I was in a concantr a-
tion camp myself.
Pasadena Ind cpendent
issue of Harch 12, 195h, _ .
"The above daily nevspaper published in Pasaden?, California, contained
the following article: "The American Friends Servica Connittes will not make
the daclaration recwired this vear fron reli i sus 2nd ofit ere niastions
to continue their tex exemption from the state, necording to BUIN °. S'NDE 55,
Executive Secretary of the Pacific Southwest -Regionsl Office
—_*
"The Quaker stetement which is mde jointly with the Northern Califor-
ria Office of the american Friends ‘ervice Comittee locsted in 5en Francisco,
declares in pert, “The ‘mericen Friends Service Committee believes that true
citizenship and loyelty to our Government cannot be echtev2d or tasted by special
declarations, affirmations or oaths, Democratic citisenshin must be built on
foundations of motel resnect and a sense of norsonesl respmsibility, From its
inception three hundred years ago the relivious society of Friends ha 8 opposed
the use of force and violsnce between incdivicu7is or netions.
"Ow belief in ‘that of God in every man'and in the essential sacredness
of the in¢ivitucd is opposed to the vote literien state,
"Believing ain the imvortance of the indivicuel we . deplore the tendency
toverd restriction of individual freedom represented by the property tax, loyelty
declaration. fe protv-st this reaulrinent bes use it is part of the ettempt to
test Loyelty by words instead of ceeds.” ,
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oe ACTIVITIES OF THE. PRESENT AD FOE
ral Get REGION iL
.° ‘OFFICES OF THR SMERIC# FRIGNDS SEBVICE CC TTTES
_ Heli.oc! Po ffnen
Tos nes Times TT SSE RTE —_
_sissue of Uerch 31, 1955
oe The above daily nevspeper published in Los Angeles contained an article
ceptioned, “Suit filet to DMininete ‘ss2ssor Loyalty O-th.* The erticle stated the
. “a suit had been brought by pisident of Pesadena2 asking the Pssacena Superior
Court thet the county osm ta A manduai yr,
ES le + Wee ere ue di
art 2 =
SCOP Fi ee fr Ont inclucing a Ton-subver SLVEé
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. oath’ in forms used by his office. The article stated that HiLLOCK HOSTNAN upon
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